Dear Colleagues:
The Association of Adult Literacy Professional Developers (AALPD) announces 
and welcomes you to participate in a pre-conference session at COABE, designed 
especially for all of you interested in professional development in adult 
education and literacy. By popular demand, this year’s AALPD Pre-Conference at 
COABE will be expanded to a full-day session (from the previous half-day 
session format).

Wednesday, May 4, 2005
9 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
COABE, Anaheim, California
Registration Fee: $75.00
Early Bird Registration Deadline: April 20, 2005
Lunch and refreshments _are_ provided

In this session, entitled "Professional Development Delivery Methods: What 
Works Best For You?", participants will:

- learn about national and recent professional development initiatives;
- discuss professional development delivery methods;
- participate in furthering the development of AALPD’s platform of policies in 
support of professional development;
- discover innovative professional development approaches related to the 
topics chosen by our members (reading instruction, writing instruction, and 
organizing and monitoring instruction);
- network with professional development colleagues; and
- leave with information about the latest available professional development 
resources.

In the past, these sessions have been a valuable time for those of us working 
in professional development to meet and share ideas and learn from one 
another. We hope you can join us.

To register online, visit: https://www.proliteracy.org/external/coabe05/ and 
choose the pre-conference entitled "Professional Development Delivery Methods: 
What Works Best For You?" (It does not say AALPD on the registration form). To 
download a copy of the registration form so that you can mail it in, visit: 
http://www.coabe05.org/register/index.html. If you register after the Early 
Bird registration ends (April 20, 2005), the pre-conference still costs only 
$75.00, regardless of how much you pay to register for the COABE conference 
itself.

If you have questions about the AALPD pre-conference, please e-mail Cristine 
Smith (csmith at worlded.org), Jackie Taylor (jataylor at utk.edu), Renee Sherman 
(rsherman at air.org) or Sandra Fugate (sfugate1 at utk.edu). We hope to see you 
there!

AALPD Executive Committee
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